The Edition

Welcome, art enthusiasts and avid collectors! Whether you're just starting to build your art collection or you're a seasoned connoisseur, we've got the best books for market insight, artist inspiration, salacious gossip and a deeper understanding of the art world.

Photograph: Picasso with revolver and hat gifted by Gary Cooper by Andre Villiers (1959)

 

What do you get when you cross a Spanish rebel with a radical new art movement and an insatiable creative drive? Pablo Picasso, the maverick genius who single-handedly reshaped the art world with his audacious vision and an output that makes today's hustlers look lazy.

With a career spanning over seven decades, Picasso didn't just dip his toes into modernity's formative waters - he was a one-man tidal wave...

Our goal is to create a culture of art lovers with a passion for accessible art and the artists who create it.  In that community of art lovers are experts worth listening to and, like any other investment, buying art is built on personal relationships and trust.  There is an overwhelming amount of great art in this world: seek out and listen to guidance and suggestions, but also try to trust your own taste!

I hear the lament regularly. Friends from all around the world, all professions, residents of suburban towns and thriving international cities. Educated friends, rich and poor, stylish and some less so. They are all self-proclaimed “art lovers” but when it comes to becoming an art collector, they stop short with the defeatist mantra: “I don’t know how.”

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They beg and plead for recommendations for what to buy or my opinion on whether or not their selections are “good”. While I’m flattered to be considered the...